Celebrating one year....
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Thank you to everyone for being so supportive - one year today I was having my THP and could not have got through it without you all! One year on - feeling very happy with the result.
Big hugs to Renee and Rocket especially and so many others too - together we have made such a difference. I am just going to ride a horse now can you believe! And have a lunch planned later with friends - somehow feels more of a milestone and a celebration than a birthday even. Love and light to all of you, wherever you are in the world and whatever the stage you are in - we must thank the inventors of the internet for bringing us all together to share our experiences and provide support in the darkest of hours.
Thank you for being there for me - with a slight lump in the throat. I wouldn't be here without you.
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AlexandriaGizmo rose0000
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rose0000 AlexandriaGizmo
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I will give it a try!!! Thanks so much for your message
diane02178 rose0000
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rose0000 diane02178
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Don't feel disheartened, it is better to wait and be completely better than to rush back to things and for the surgery to go wrong...you have come so far. Is the dr saying no more running ever? Or no more running for now?
To be honest, I don't run but I can run, I do most other sports - but I don't run like I used to, as I am quite young and want the hip to last....otherwise I could be looking at three or four revisions just in one hip (I need the other one done as well at some point) Is there a reason why you couldn't run a little in the future? Most poeple tend to go back to normal activities in time, and that time can vary a lot it has to be said...15 weeks is still early days really - although we run out of patience by then usually....I did anyway...but we get past it. I hope you will be posting in one year and doing lots of wonderful things with your dogs.
diane02178 rose0000
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elaine23679 rose0000
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I am just 16weeks post bilateral THR.. and have had plenty of ups and downs through these few weeks of recovery but have tried to stay positive.
rose0000 elaine23679
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kim83257 rose0000
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Really pleased for you.
Love this site too and all the support as at times you feel quite alone with nowhere to turn for your queries.
Well done xx
rose0000 kim83257
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5 weeks is very early days, but time passes, and step by step you will feel so much better. Do you have a physio?
renee01952 rose0000
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oh darling Rose,
happy anniversary !!! can't believe it has been a year ...
you were and are a tough cookie, persevered and was so strong through all your trials and tribulations ...
enjoy and celebrate life ... and thank you for being here !
big warm hug for you and your loved ones ..
renee
rose0000 renee01952
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Thank you hun, I can't believe it has been a year either goodness I was in the theatre now as we speak this time last year - but I have had the most wonderful support on here, and thank you for being so gentle and kind - as you are always - if there were medals you would get one for being the light on this forum x
tracy_86068 rose0000
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rose0000 tracy_86068
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I was fragile at seven months still...I am still careful now, but not as much, it takes a year to be completely better - and from experience this is absolutely true.
tracy_86068 rose0000
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Hi Rose, So I was painful all along and at 3 months developed a flexor tendinitis that has debilitated my with groin pain. I have been back on a cane since sept. I had my sx in may. I recently saw 2 specialists in boston to confirm that my implant is ok and just got a steroid injection into my flexor tendon 2 days ago to try to calm down the inflammation. Too early yet for it to kick in. I am/was an athlete. Jogged beach everyday with my dog. Can barely walk her now. Tennis and yoga every week. I am so tired of being in pain and worried that I am never going to get through this. I've been committed to my PT though it has been very gentle since this tendinitis. Everyone else comes in with their hip surgeries and 6 weeks later ane pain free and elated. I just watch them come and go. I was very fir before surgery and thought I would sail through it all. Has been thhe total opposite and I am so discouraged.
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AnnieK tracy_86068
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So sorry to hear all of that, Tracy. Those soft tissue injuries can be so debilitating and painful. And there are so many places where those injuries can occur in our hips and legs! I've spent the last 14 months post THR with gluteal tendon tears, unable to walk without a bad limp and pain. Recently I had surgical repair for the tears, and I hope I am on the road to recovery.
Hope your tendinitis gets better. If conservative measures don't work over time, then perhaps you'll need some surgical repair, too. You may need a second opinion from an orthopedist not connected with your original surgeon. I had to go elsewhere for my soft tissue diagnoisis, as my OS didn't have a clue what was wrong with me. My OS saw the results of the MRI I insisted on, and he couldn't see the tears. But the new surgeon that I found saw the tears on the MARS MRI that he ordered. I had to be very persistent.
rose0000 tracy_86068
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Tracey as an athlete I can really understand how this surgery would have had a bad effect on you, it has taken away many things you love to do, and any kind of pain is incredibly wearing after a while.
I hope the injection works for you. If you are just 3 months post op - is that right? This is still very very early days, I was not doing anything much at that stage. Those that bounce back at six weeks are incredibly rare, I don't know anyone at all who bounced back at six weeks....I was still on crutches at that stage.
You seem to have a good dr and a physio, and I think what you need most is time, you need to take your time...I have so many days at rock bottom even not so long ago, wondering if I would ever be better. The recovery is not a straight line, and you go up and down all the way through.
Do you have some emotional support Tracey? You sound like you need a big hug (sending one virtually) and some comfort that you WILL come through this, you know this is nothing wrong with your hip - it has been checked, the rest is probably muscles and I am afraid they do tend to take longer to recover. Stay on the forum for support Tracey, there will be so many that feel just the same as you. You will come through this - and we are all here to help.
rose0000 AnnieK
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How are you doing now Annie? Are you getting better? Hope so lovely!
tracy_86068 rose0000
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AnnieK rose0000
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I'm doing ok, 5 1/2 weeks out from surgery. Will be taking the brace off on Thursday, allowed to full weight-bear then, too. Will start PT the next day. Soon I'll know if I'll be able to walk normally without pain again!